Tragic life or tragic death: Mandatory testing of newborns for HIV—mothers’ rights versus children’s health

Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-386

  Madison, Melinda ^a  

^a Illinois University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; JUVENILE; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RYAN WHITE COMPREHENSIVE AIDS RESOURCES EMERGENCY ACT; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; RYAN WHITE COMPREHENSIVE AIDS RESOURCES EMERGENCY ACT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MINORS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0031218784     PISSN: 01947648     EISSN: 1521057X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01947649709511040     Document Type: Article

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